Self-basting cover



All@ 3l w26., @,598322 O. TOLLAGSEN SELF BASTING COVER Filed Oct. l5,1924 i allowed April 7, 1926.

Patented Aug. 31, 192s;

@UNITED STATES oLAr` '.rOLLAGsEN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. sELr-nAsrING COVER.

Application meafoctober 13, 1924. serial No. 743,186.

My invention relates to culinary utensils andfmore particularly toself-basting covers .for roasting pans and the like.

The present invention is particularly useful in connection with roasterssuch as that disclosed in my co-pending application Serial No. 656,692,filed August 10, 1923, and

Heretofore, in the roasting of meats and the like, difficulties havebeen experienced with the so-called self-basting cover due to the factthat .during the process of roasting the steam and water vapors thatcondense on the cover have had no satisfactory egress. The result isthat there is a complete return to the roast of all the distilledliquors and the article being cooked is steamed or boiled rather thanroasted. Also in order to thorl oughly brown the roast it has been foundnecessary to remove the cover to permit the steam -to escape. Then too,the basting of the roast is frequently performed manually.

I propose to provide an improved and inexpensive cover that will promotethe con densation of the vaporized juices of the roast; Ithat willdirect and distribute the juices evenly over the'roast; that will allowsteam to escape thereby producing a solution of highly concentratedgrease which is so essential to a thorough browning of the roast; andthat will be self-basting to. such an extent that the attention of aperson will not berequired.A j

Now I am aware -that there are certain .perforated or Ventilating coverson the marketthat have. been designed to prevent the popping orspattering of grease or other contents of the kettle onto the stove orthe hands ofthe attending cook. The Openings in these covers, however,are controlled by the size of the depressions in the cover and in orderto have a large depression in such covers it was necessary to have acorrespondvingly: large opening, which feature I 'have found to beundesirable.

The cover I have devised has depressions with openings which areentirely independ ent of the size 'of the depressions. 'This tisadvantageous as it permits-.the .use of.

relatively large depressions having relatively small apertures. Also byusing" relatively ygreat depressions, a greater condensing sur`l ace isprovided upon which the juices of the meat are adapted to condense.

Other Objects and advantages o f my invention will more fully appearfrom the' following description when taken 1n connectlon w1th theaccompanying drawing in "which the single figure is a cross sectionalview -of a cover embodying the features of my invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, 2 denotes generally a cover,which may take an arcuate form, as shown, or any othercon- -ventionalform, provided adjacent the edge with an annular depending flange or rib3 having a shoulder 4 which is adapted to rest upon a roasting pan 12.The cover is provided with a handle 5 mounted approximately centrally ofthe cover and held in place by means of a screw 6` which passes throughan aperture 7 in `the cover and is threaded into the handle.. A washer'8 is preferably placed between the head of the v distributed. over theinner surface of the cover. Each teat or protuberance is independentlyperforated at 10. These perforations 10 are disposed substantiallycentrally of the associated protuberances and are adapted to permitsteam to pass there- 4 through. Also, the apertures form air vents lforthe interior of the vessel and serve to prevent lthe boiling over of thecontents within the'vessel. These apertures 10 furthermore promotecondensation of the vaporized juices'of the meat or other food beingroasted and assist the depending teats 9 in collectingfand distributingthe condensate uniformly over the roast.

It should be noted that since each opening lO'is disposed substantiallycentrally of the associated protuberance the size of theopening will beindependent of the size of the protuberance. This construction isadvantageous since it enables a relatively large protuberance to be usedwithout increasing the size of the opening. Obviously, by providingrelatively large teatsor protuberances, a greater condensing surface isafforded the vvapors within the vessel. Moreover, by providing.relatively small openings only part ofthe vapors are allowed to escape.Then too, a part of these escaping vapors will condense in ythedepress'ions and gravitatel back into the vessel within the utensil, andmeans including a 1liA thoroughly and uniformly bastingthe roastplurality of apertures in the said protuber` therein. .v 4 ances forpermitting steam to pass there- Now I desire it understood that"although through, each ofI the said apertures being 6 I have describedin detail the preferred form disposed substantially centrally of theassoof my invention, the invention not t0 ciated protuberance, beingindependent of 20 be limited thereby, ybut only in so far as dethe sizeof the protuberance and also being ned by the scope and spirit oftheappended of such asize as to permit the assage of claim. steam, butprevent the passage oi) the more 10 I claim viscous fats.

' As an article of manufacture, a cover for In witness whereof, Ihereunto subscribe 25 5 cooking utensils, means including a plumy namethis 9th day of October, 1924. rality of protuberanes on the undersideof l the said cover for collecting condensate l OLAF TOLLAGSEN.

